@prezbucky Your second paragraph is spot on - Emory was not my first choice school so I came to Oxford with the mindset of transferring to a target school. And yeah, I will admit that I didn’t like Oxford for the first few months since it has a bit of a summer camp feel and limited opportunities but now that I look back on it, I really grew as a person at Oxford and very tight friendships. I also got to play a varsity sport here - something that I probably wouldn’t have been able to do at another top university. Oxford taught me how to think (especially through STEM classes) and I am truly grateful for this experience.